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TIL that glass sponges can live for 15,000 years. This makes them one of the longest-living organisms on Earth.

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EgmgW TIL that outside the US and Canada, Duracell uses a pink bunny as a mascot. The Energizer Bunny was created in 1988 to mock Duracell, after Duracell’s pink bunny trademark in the US had expired. The two companies later agreed that Duracell would keep using a bunny mascot in other regions.
Zvkv TIL a woman had her ex arrested through a fake cute girl facebook page conversations. Police released husband when he showed a notarized affidavit: “I am lying to this [fake profile] to gain proof that my ex-wife is trying to again tamper with my life. In no way do I have plans to harm my wife”
b6nZa TIL that the popular German television series "Derrick" is no longer rerun because it was discovered that the show's star Horst Tappert was a former SS soldier.
xbOB TIL Congressman Francis Walter gave President Franklin Roosevelt a letter-opener made from Japanese man’s arm. Roosevelt denied the gift and called for it to have proper burial.
Y7nlA TIL the tiny nation of Vanuatu has the world's highest linguistic density per capita. Its population of 300,000 speak 138 indigenous Oceanic languages. That's not counting the languages brought in by new migrants.